2013年湖北成人高考高起點英語預(yù)測試題(37)

湖北2013年成人高考高起點英語預(yù)測試題(37)

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　　通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意。然后，從每小題的四個選擇項中選出最佳選項。

　　Everyone likes things that are free, and businesses often give things for free to customers as a way of getting more people to pay attention to their products.

　　Ariely, a scientist from MIT, did an experiment on what people would do when _1_ things that were free. He _2_ a group of students two kinds of chocolates: the good one for 15 cents each and the poor one for I cent each. The good chocolate was worth ﹩1.00, so 15 cents was very cheap, _3_ the poor quality chocolate was worth 5 cents, so _4_ it for I cent wasn’t very cheap.

　　Most people chose the high quality chocolate for 15 cents. That’s not a _5_. But then Ariely lowered the _6_ of both pieces of chocolate by I cent. If people were _7_ correctly, then they should _8_ choose the good quality chocolate. But that _9_ what happened. Most people chose the free chocolate. This doesn’t make sense in our _10_ way of understanding economic behavior(經(jīng)濟(jì)行為).

　　What is happening here? Ariely _11_ that people want to get a good bargain . But they also want to reduce risk(風(fēng)險). That is, they want to _12_ the chance of making a _13_. If you pay 14 cents for a piece of chocolate, and then you don’t _14_ like it when you eat it, you have lost 14 cents. But when something is free and you don’t like it, you haven’t lost anything. People would _15_ not to take a risk over getting a better bargain.

　　1. A. facing B. buying C. giving D. treating

　　【名師解析】A.根據(jù)意思來選擇。Ariely做了一個實驗，關(guān)于當(dāng)人們面對免費東西時會做什么的實驗。表示面對只有A

　　2. A. posted B. produced C. offered D. told

　　【名師解析】C. 他給了一群學(xué)生兩種巧克力.offer表示提供，給。

　　3. A. if B. as C. for D. but

　　【名師解析】D 根據(jù)此句話的意思：高質(zhì)量的巧克力值﹩1.00，所以15分是非常便宜的，下一句是低質(zhì)量的值5分，所以兩句間應(yīng)該是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，用but.

　　4. A. getting B. holding C. eating D. making

　　【名師解析】A.這里的getting相當(dāng)于buying.根據(jù)句意，因此用一分錢買不是很便宜。

　　5. A. dream B. reason C. reply D. surprise

　　【名師解析】D。根據(jù)上文的分析，大多數(shù)人選擇高質(zhì)量的巧克力不是一件驚奇的事情。

　　6. A. weight B. size C. price D. quality

　　【名師解析】C。根據(jù)上下文，下文是降低了巧克力的價格。所以這里應(yīng)該是lower the price.

　　7. A. working B. thinking C. planning D. looking

　　【名師解析】B.如果人們正確的思考，他們?nèi)匀粦?yīng)該選擇高質(zhì)量的巧克力。

　　8. A. still B. once C. almost D. even

　　【名師解析】A。still 仍然，還。符合題意。

　　9. A. should be B. shouldn’t be C. is D. isn’t

　　【名師解析】D。根據(jù)下文，那不是按照正確思考所發(fā)生的。

　　10. A. easy B. old C. normal D. modem

　　【名師解析】C。根據(jù)此句的意思，這不是我們對經(jīng)濟(jì)行為的正常理解。

　　11. A. questioned B. explained C. agreed D. added

　　【名師解析】B。上文講到人們的行為不正常，所以Ariely對此進(jìn)行了解釋…….

　　而不是質(zhì)疑question, 或agree。

　　12. A. find B. leam C. lower D. take

　　【名師解析】C。根據(jù)下文，他們想降低犯錯誤的風(fēng)險。

　　13. A. decision B. mistake C. promise D. waming

　　【名師解析】B。make a mistake 是固定短語。

　　14. A. usually B. gradually C. certainly D. actually

　　【名師解析】D。根據(jù)句意，當(dāng)你吃巧克力的時候，你實際上并不喜歡它，你就失去了14分。

　　15. A. start B. prefer C. manage D. afford

　　【名師解析】B。根據(jù)句意，人們更愿意不冒風(fēng)險而得到更好廉價物。

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